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Life gets busy and information moves fast. Sometimes it's hard to remember all the big news that came down over the course of a year. Twitter is a record, but sifting through it is nearly impossible. SEE ALSO: 50 Most Memorable Tweets of 2012 One int...

At the beginning of a new year, we prepare -- or hope -- to become our better selves. Resolutions often focus on our diets and health, or balancing our families and careers, but you might want to consider adding some tech-focused resolutions to your ...

2012 has been a remarkable year for gaming. Players have been challenged and entertained beyond expectations, and there were so many great gaming moments. It was hard to narrow down just 10 games that were absolutely worth our time and money. There a...

Twitter now has 200 million monthly active users, up from 100 million in late 2011. As the number of users in Twitter's birdcage grows, so does the number of memorable tweets. Here's a collection of 50 tweets that made all of us think, laugh, become ...

Facebook has made strides in 2012. A billion users and a smart new Timeline UI punctuate a banner year for the world's most important social network. But 2012 also marks aggressive moves to expand and monetize -- some might say at the expense of user...

An iPhone without apps would be like a zebra without its stripes — plain and boring. As we all know by now, the ability to download and run third-party apps is the x-factor for mobile devices, particularly smartphones. SEE ALSO: 5 Best iPad Apps of 2...

It was a big year for Google's Android platform in terms of apps. Google Play hit 700,000 total apps last month, bringing it to a virtual tie with Apple's App Store. Not only has Android caught up to iOS in app quantity, but at last count, the former...

How many apps live on your iPad? Now, how many have you actually used in the past month? It seems that we're always experimenting with new apps to see what sticks, but losing interest with the majority of them. SEE ALSO: 10 Excellent iPad Apps You Sh...

Facebook is the most popular social network on the planet. It celebrated its eighth birthday on Feb. 4, 2012. Although Facebook has only been around since 2004, it certainly seems like much longer. For many of us, it feels like we've grown up habitua...

This year, quite a few products disappeared from the market, as technology inevitably marches on. Whether they got pulled for being faulty or just weren't commercially successful, these 10 examples have virtually expired. SEE ALSO: 10 iPad Wallpapers...

It’s been the most manic of years, with extreme highs and heart-breaking lows. Ultimately, we all have our good times and our bad. With that in mind, I hope we can cheer 2012’s winners and empathize with the year’s losers.

With tweets flying through cyberspace every second of the day, we're writing history with the touch of our fingertips. In 2012, Users documented events, political battles and heart-wrenching moments throughout the past year, and Twitter itself made h...

All of our favorite tech giants made big moves in 2012, but how did the dollars and cents shake out? Which companies pulled in the most cheddar, and which are growing at the fastest clip? Our friends at Statista have broken out the income, revenue gr...

Maybe you didn't get the memo, but the world ends tomorrow. Dec. 21, 2012 marks the much-hyped end date of the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, signaling what some believe will be a time of immense, perhaps cataclysmic, change. While NASA is working...

This has been quite the eventful year. What with the U.S. presidential election, Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, the continued influence of social media in the Arab Spring and countless other major headlines, it's easy for smaller yet nonetheless ...

You couldn't have had 2012 without GIFs (no really, without them the year would just vanish into cultural oblivion). And while the animated bits of filmography were left to the bloggers and tech types at first, apps like Cinemagram brought GIFing to ...

If you follow Trendrr's social TV rankings week-to-week, then you've grown familiar with some of the programs on the list, even if you don't watch them regularly. Now it's time to look back on the year's top 50. This has been a standout year for The ...

When putting together a list of the top songs of 2012, it is impossible to ignore how Carly Rae Jepsen's star experienced a meteoric rise thanks to YouTube (and the proclivity of its audience to create parodies). And, although the single itself dropp...

The Internet's little engine that could: the GIF. Many have claimed that this outdated animated loop of images has long outlived its shelf life. Yet the GIF is still looping through our social feeds, serving as punchlines, political statements and wo...

Some of the hottest tech trends of 2012, like mobile apps and solar energy, are changing the world for the better. This year, we saw a variety of inspiring innovations tackle some of the world's greatest challenges. We've seen iPods help dementia pat...

Crowdfunding has become a popular way to introduce products to people directly and raise awareness on important issues. Consumers no longer have to wait for a brand to innovate a product. Instead, they're finding simple solutions themselves and bring...

Each month, the world watches 4 billion hours of YouTube video. And many people catch those clips during work breaks, while commuting or sneaking them in at the office. Before I started working at Mashable, I was probably still a significant contribu...

As we near the end of the year, looking back at Google's top searches will not indicate the biggest cultural or political moments of 2012. It's far simpler than that: Google Trends simply detect why people go online. The aggregator compiles and graph...

We've had a lot of interesting moments at Mashable in the past year -- and luckily, we also happened to be filming many of them. In 2012, we followed an Internet celebrity singing with a turkey leg, talked to folks who lined up for the iPhone 5 for a...

The 2012 presidential election is just over a month behind us, so we've had time to celebrate, mourn or just be thankful it's all over. Throughout the election, many voters participated in a cultural phenomenon made possible by social media. Any piec...

According to the Mayans, the world is coming to an end. That's right, we'll soon be joining all our favorite files, up in the cloud. You've probably encountered some form of the story by now. The last day on the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, bett...

Before you begin making 2013 resolutions, take a moment to savor Mashable's top stories of 2012. We scoured the web for fake privacy notices and unbelievable photos, covered everything from Apple launches to Gangam Style, all while staying faithful t...

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